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“Best” Books F o r Th e Sunday School Teacher Preparing and Teaching the Lesson By M rs. G. A . S tead an d M iss N. G. C ooledge E verything h e re is th e o u tcom e of actu al e x p erien ce m teach in g th e various ages in th e S unday school, an d re p resents the best w o rk now to be found in th e field of les son p re p a ra tio n an d lesson teach in g . T his b o o k contains selections from tw e n ty -th ree articles, th e best of one h u n dred a n d ninety-one m an u scrip ts received in com peti tio n from th irty -tw o sta te s an d fo u r C anadian provinces. C loth $ 1 .0 0 By John M. Gregory In a careful study of these seven laws, the discussion reaches every practical rule which can be of use in a teacher's work. This remark able book, which h a s . sold steadily since 1894, has been completely revised and brought up to date under the super vision of Prof. W. C. Bagley. Cloth 75c The Sunday School Teacher as a Soul-winner By W m . F. B erger A bove a n d before alb th in g s else, th e S unday School T e a c h e r should be a w in n er of souls. T h e a u th o r has p re p a re d a thou g h tfu l an d fo rth rig h t stu d y of th e follow ing asp ects of his subject. T h e M ind of th e T ea ch e r, H is p ra y e r Life, H is C h u rc h C onnection, H is Social Life a n d H abits, H is Passion fo r Souls, H is C lass, H is M ethod of T eaching, etc. M r. B erger also a p p en d s a carefully selected bibliography, g erm a n e to his g e n era l them e. C loth $1 .2 5 The Sunday School Teacher and the Book By William Francis Berger A fervent plea for the mak ing of the Bible the irreproach able, unassailed foundation of the work of the Sunday school teacher. While fully alive to the benefits accruing f r o m Lesson H e l p s , Mr. Berger maintains vigorously that the one great fund of inspiration is the Book of books. Cloth $1.25 Seven Laws of Teaching
of all fear, moral cowardice is the most unworthy of a being created in the image of God. That one of the offspring of the Highest, living under the Divine protection, should be afraid of his fellow men; that he should hesitate to do the thing that is just, and tremble to say the thing that is right, because he cannot risk giving offence to creatures cofnposed of the same dust as himself; that men should be willing to go on lest they should lose their position or their popularity; these things are enough to make angels weep. God save us from the leprosy of moral cowardice. Its germ is forgetfulness of Him. We live too far from His presence. We forget at once the majesty of His claims upon us and the magnitude of His power to protect and deliver. WE Ipse all true sense of proportion in regard to the things that are temporal and those that are eternal. The remedy is .to draw near to Christ: one real gaze into His face, and moral cowardice will slough from Us, and we shall once more be MEN! ■ “GOD loves m e l e t that thought be woven into the very fibre of your being; turn it about, and yet once more about, in your mind; meditate upon it by day and by night; carve it upon the tablets of your memory; repeat “O’er and o’er again,” until it becomes to you an undeniable fact—like the proposition that two and two make four. “God loves me;” it does not matter what I am, or am not; what I have done or left_undone. My sin and my circumstances do not destroy or limit the blessed truth; I may be frail, erring, unholy, but “God loves md;” I may be poor, downcast, discouraged, perplexed, forsaken, apparently defeated, but “God loves me.” This is one of the truths which the Father of Lies is ever hiding from the vision or combating in the hearts of men. For there is nothing so powerful to draw the Prodigal back to the ancestral home, there is nothing so likely to make a man ashamed of his sin, there is nothing so cal culated to comfort the Believer in his distress and to strengthen his faith in the hour of perplexity, as a keen sense of the per sonal love of God for himself. It is one thing to have a vague belief that God loves men in the aggregate, and quite another to feel assured that “God loves me" as an individual. If that be true, “how can I do this great wickedness, and sin against Him? If that be true, how can I mistrust Him, be the wey ever so rough and dark? If that be ture, how can I be the victim of despair?” “God loves me,” and in that love is the promise of forgiveness, deliverance, protection, peace. ojc . : & J anuaiw 18 “A cup of cold water."—Matt. 10:42 WHEN Christ suggested a cup of cold water as a gift, He did not intend to use it as an emblem of that which would cost us nothing. Water, in the East is not the inexpensive thing that it is with us. We can never benefit humanity or please our Lord with offerings which involve no sacrifice. Yet, no doubt, He did point to simple and comparatively insignificant gifts. We should not wait until we are able to do and give great things before commencing our ministry to men. How many of our fellow creatures are fainting beside the highways of life. What weary, thirsty, hearts and souls press upon us on our daily paths. Alas! that we so often pass them by, unheeding their suffering or callous to their need. What cups of cold water we might place to their parched, fevered lips. What little deeds of kind ness, what smiles of love, what touches of pity, what words of encouragement and hope we might offer, and do not. Let no one dream that these things will cost the giver nothing; they are often only to be produced by an agony of self denial (even Christ could not heal a woman without feeling that strength had gone out of Him) ; but they are humanity’s right, its claim upon the common brotherhood; and if so be they are done in the spirit of love, they are precious beyond price to Him Who set us the .example of giving. With no thought of recompence ..“Living as cowards in their own esteem, Letting “I dare not” wait upon “I ought," J anuary 17. “/ have' loved you, saith the LORD.” — Mai. 1:2.
Perplexing Passages in the Four Gospels By Keith L. Brooks Every difficult statement in the four Gospels is simply ex plained, which means that the compiler has brought together a wealth of valuable material f r o m sources of devotional writers. The answers are con cise, yet will be clear to the ordinary Bible student. Here you have a book that will be constantly in use if you have it in your home. Order a copy today. Cloth $1.50; Paper $1.00
All About the Bible By Sidney Collett
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The Importance and Value of Proper Bible Study By Dr. R. A. Torrey This volume contains the gist of Dr. Torrey’s methods of Bible study, in three chapters: “The Importance and Value of Bible Study,“ “How to Properly Study the Bible," and "How to Interpret the Bible so as to Find the True Meaning.” The eminent Bible scholar and evangelist tells in simple language how he thinks the Bible should be read, studied, and interpreted so that the great truths of Christianity may be clearly under stood. Bible readers and Christian teachers will find this work a very helpful first aid in the use of the Scriptures. Cloth $1.25
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